Some clichés just won’t die. Do you still think Paris is bad for entrepreneurs and small businesses? That there are no prospering startups or angel investors looking for projects to support? That the young Parisians with big ideas have all left town...
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Inside this Issue: * English Tours of the Private Carnival Museum * Fun Maps of Paris * Interview with French Dining Expert Alec Lobrano * Recycle Your Corks * More Paris Street Art * Layover Tours of Paris * New Site for Volunteer Opportunities in Paris *...
The contributing editor of Saveur magazine reveals how he continues to love Paris, the Parisians, and French cuisine after almost 30 years in the City of Light.
This morning I arrived at the Marché d'Aligre in the 12th, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary for a Tuesday morning at one of the city's best food markets. But as I got closer to the covered market, the Marché Beauvau, I saw that it was...
Fortune teller machines, antique carousel horses, a Hall of Mirrors, a unicorn who plays piano, vintage games and masked Venetian singers...
Herb Lester, a British company that makes beautifully-designed maps printed on recycled paper with a quirky retro feel, has come out with a new specialty map, Paris: Small Shops. Written by the Paris-based writer Anne Stark Ditmeyer of Prêt à...
Despite the many screw caps in the US market, French bottles of wine and Champagne still come with corks. And these corks can be recycled at any Nicolas wine shop in France. They are sold to manufacturers to be reused (in décor, insulation and...
Maison de Chateaubriand 87, rue Chateaubriand, 92290 Chatenay-Malabry RER Robinson Tel 01 47 02 58 61 www.cg92.fr/maison-musee-chateaubriand The home and works of writer François-René de Chateaubriand can be visited in this domain with large gardens in the...
La Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie 30, avenue Corentin-Cariou, 19th M° Porte de la Villette Tel 01 40 05 70 00 www.cite-sciences.fr This large Science & Technology complex is entirely devoted to exploring the sciences in all its aspects, through...
Musée National Picasso Hôtel Salé 5, rue de Thorigny, 3rd M° Saint-Paul, Saint-Sébastien Froissart or Chemin Vert Tel 01 42 71 25 21 www.musee-picasso.fr Set in an historic hôtel-particulier, this museum chronologically explores the extensive legacy of...
Musée de la Poste 34, boulevard de Vaugirard, 15th M° Montparnasse, Pasteur or Falguière Tel 01 42 79 24 03 www.museedelaposte.fr This museum explores the history and development of the postal service from its rudimentary beginning to the present. In...
Musée Dapper 35, rue Paul Valéry, 16th M° Victor Hugo or Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Tel 01 45 00 01 50 www.dapper.com.fr A cultural center for ancient and contemporary African arts, this museum explores all aspects of African artistic creation. Opening...
